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CVE-2026-63299

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.9 EPSS 0.28% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS · Published 2026-08-12 · Last synced 2026-08-14

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An authorization bypass vulnerability in LXD allows authenticated users to circumvent project-level disk and volume limits, enabling them to allocate storage resources beyond the configured administrative thresholds. This can lead to resource exhaustion and potential denial-of-service conditions within affected environments. Organizations using LXD should prioritize addressing this vulnerability to safeguard their resource management and maintain operational integrity.

Public Exploit Signal

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CVE
CVE-2026-63299
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.9
EPSS
0.28%

Original NVD Description

An authorization bypass vulnerability in LXD allows an authenticated user to bypass project-level disk and volume limits. Two related code paths fail to verify resource limits during volume operations: the storagePoolVolumeTypePostMove function omits the limits.AllowVolumeCreation check before moving a volume across projects, and volume snapshot restore operations skip the AllowVolumeUpdate check when the configuration is nil (Config == nil). An attacker can exploit these flaws to allocate storage resources that exceed the administrative limits configured for a project.